Petition to Ban Donald Trump From U.K. Is Most Popular Ever on Government Site

He called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”

A petition to ban Donald Trump from the United Kingdom after he controversially called for a halt to Muslims being admitted to the U.S. swelled to more than 475,000 signatures Thursday, making it the most popular petition on a government site.

The petition was started Tuesday, a day after the Republican presidential frontrunner called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”